Vietnam War veteran killed in Cessna crash

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (KABC) -- A 69-year-old Orange County man was killed when his plane crashed in a remote area of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Max John Mizejewski, a Rancho Santa Margarita resident, was found near the wreckage of the crashed Cessna plane at 7:10 a.m. Saturday.

Mizejewski had rented the Cessna in Riverside County.

Family members reported the plane missing Friday when Mizejewski did not return from what was supposed to be a two-hour trip. It was spotted crashed and upside down by a Civil Air Patrol aircraft in a desolate area known as Borrego Badlands.

Mizejewki was an Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.

An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash.

City News Service contributed to this report.